Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Sure acts like it! I only have the one lizard but he jumps, flails, and snaps his jaws like a crocodile during feeding time. I've been bitten so many times!

That sounds terrifying. I always thought they were slow sedate animals.

 

[BY Bob]

Beautiful hen!

Thanks. She was.

 

[Ponypoor]

I think I owe some SHRA tax

Last years school chicks

 

[Ponypoor]

Best of luck

Catching her will be the hard part tonight! Oh I might get away with a sneak catch tonight - but not tomorrow night haha!

Petunia

 

[SimpleJenn]

The rabbit hutches are here. We're for sure removing the current nest boxes and attaching one sealed up hutch to make a step-down nest box with three spaces. We might do the other side as well. Dad is going to try to get more equipment crate/pallets from work to add run extensions off the back. These hutches seemed so tiny with the rabbits in them, and they seem huge compared to my little coop. I'm hoping to use them to give the girls more space though. Hubby wants to turn the spaces beneath into little run extensions as well for the girls.





Paternal gramma will need a wheelchair even with her prosthetic for a while. So my plans of having a new coop built are on hold. Grampa is giving everyone a hard time about the house getting situated for her. He's a bit of a hoarder and has a bit of dementia so it's very rough. He is willing to give things away, it's just things like he doesn't want to move the table with his coffeemaker and is willing to make that a big fight. It's been a scary year or so for them, and we're planning on spending as much time as we can to make things easier.
Sorry for rambling, these meds are kicking my butt hardcore. You should see all the timers, sticky notes, and phone memos I have right now to make sure things are getting done.
Here's some beautiful girls.




I have a toddler play fence I'm going to use as a bit of a corral for the girls when I do evening treats. I know they'll be able to jump over it but might keep them a little more contained.

 

[rural mouse]

Good morning everyone!
Fully fluffed out chicks.
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@rural mouse , I have a question about this chick.
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It has a silvery underbelly and neck, a white spot on its head, and white wing tips.
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Although it has a little single comb, it has all those white spots while the others have gray and golden brown. Could it be the only Dominique cross?
Or is it just that the single comb is the dominant trait?

Single comb is recessive. To get it from rose comb parents, they both have rose comb HIDING a straight comb gene. The head spot indicates barring, so at least 1 parent is barred. Options: 1. one of your Dom ladies is Rrpp (single copy rose comb) and chick's father is your buff orp => chick is cockerel (can only get barring from mom) and could show some buff leakage as an adult. 2. Ijak is Rrpp, and chick is from any of the ladies EXCEPT your Dom ladies (or your legbars if you have them?) and could be any gender, possibly show color leakage if mama is not the black ladies. 3. Pure Dom, both parents are Rrpp, hiding the straight comb, role of the dice managed to get the rrpp from both, and is female (based upon headspot size. 4. If you have ANY ladies with even a smidgen of barring (beyond the doms), could be from them and the BO cockerel ....although, color then seems odd...unless it's a black split of some sort.

May have other possibilities, but this is off the top of my head, while at lunch. Does that sort of cover what you're asking?

 

[Ponypoor]

The rabbit hutches are here. We're for sure removing the current nest boxes and attaching one sealed up hutch to make a step-down nest box with three spaces. We might do the other side as well. Dad is going to try to get more equipment crate/pallets from work to add run extensions off the back. These hutches seemed so tiny with the rabbits in them, and they seem huge compared to my little coop. I'm hoping to use them to give the girls more space though. Hubby wants to turn the spaces beneath into little run extensions as well for the girls.
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Paternal gramma will need a wheelchair even with her prosthetic for a while. So my plans of having a new coop built are on hold. Grampa is giving everyone a hard time about the house getting situated for her. He's a bit of a hoarder and has a bit of dementia so it's very rough. He is willing to give things away, it's just things like he doesn't want to move the table with his coffeemaker and is willing to make that a big fight. It's been a scary year or so for them, and we're planning on spending as much time as we can to make things easier.
Sorry for rambling, these meds are kicking my butt hardcore. You should see all the timers, sticky notes, and phone memos I have right now to make sure things are getting done.
Here's some beautiful girls.
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I have a toddler play fence I'm going to use as a bit of a corral for the girls when I do evening treats. I know they'll be able to jump over it but might keep them a little more contained.

Sorry that you’re having such a trying time. But I sure am glad you have your chooks to help distract you for even 5 minutes

And would you look at that gorgeous fancy chook! Wow

That 1st photo needs to go in the POW!!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Yes - I was furious there a few weeks back when I got sick - they guys just came in and spread their crud to me, they can take time off they are salaried and can stay home and not lose pay. I am hrly paid and if I miss work I don’t get paid. Thus I went to work sick, and now I paying for it as I have been just exhausted since then. This weekend I have had to go back to bed and sleep a few hrs after I did morning chores I just couldn’t manage.

Last week at work was so bad - I just struggled to do anything.

Well next time I will mask up around them so they don’t give ME their stupid virus

Tax
Sophia waiting for her time in a nest. Is she going broody??? You will need to wait girl, I can’t order chicks till May now!
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I remember you were just pulling yourself through each day. Lack of paid sick days keep hourly workers working when sick, and until the pandemic lots of people thought nothing of viruses and how hard they are on some people. Ask them to mask as well if they are sick, since they can’t seem to keep themselves at home despite. Why not? Are they complete lummoxes?

Boors for bosses tax
Everybody waiting for the door to close last week. They keep an eye on the outside it seems, I’ve seen it twice recently. Once it closes they shift positions around a little and tuck their heads in.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Single comb is recessive. To get it from rose comb parents, they both have rose comb HIDING a straight comb gene. The head spot indicates barring, so at least 1 parent is barred. Options: 1. one of your Dom ladies is Rrpp (single copy rose comb) and chick's father is your buff orp => chick is cockerel (can only get barring from mom) and could show some buff leakage as an adult. 2. Ijak is Rrpp, and chick is from any of the ladies EXCEPT your Dom ladies (or your legbars if you have them?) and could be any gender, possibly show color leakage if mama is not the black ladies. 3. Pure Dom, both parents are Rrpp, hiding the straight comb, role of the dice managed to get the rrpp from both, and is female (based upon headspot size. 4. If you have ANY ladies with even a smidgen of barring (beyond the doms), could be from them and the BO cockerel ....although, color then seems odd...unless it's a black split of some sort.

May have other possibilities, but this is off the top of my head, while at lunch. Does that sort of cover what you're asking?

Thanks very much for the information. I am now thinking about my hens Onyx or Onaga.

Onaga is pure Barred rock, but Onyx is a Dominique x Light Brahma. I'm kinda ruling out Onyx here because of her feathered feet, and Onaga is pretty old.

I'll have to see what the feathers look like as they grow.

 

[RoyalChick]

Catching her will be the hard part tonight! Oh I might get away with a sneak catch tonight - but not tomorrow night haha!

Petunia
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One thing you could do is take her off the roost after dark and keep her crates for longer in the morning.
Might be easier for you.